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1 Nephi 14:1 1 And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearkenunto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himselfunto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto thetaking away of their stumbling blocks--

1 Nephi 14:2 2 And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, theyshall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shallbe numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be ablessed people upon the promised land forever; they shall be nomore brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shallno more be confounded.

1 Nephi 14:3 3 And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by thatgreat and abominable church, which was founded by the devil andhis children, that he might lead away the souls of men down tohell--yea, that great pit which hath been digged for thedestruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, untotheir utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not thedestruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into thathell which hath no end.

1 Nephi 14:4 4 For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil,and also according to the justice of God, upon all those who willwork wickedness and abomination before him.

1 Nephi 14:5 5 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi,saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall bewell with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants ofthe Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard thatwhoso repenteth not must perish.

1 Nephi 14:6 6 Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that theyharden their hearts against the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 14:7 7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work agreat and a marvelous work among the children of men; a workwhich shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on theother--either to the convincing of them unto peace and lifeeternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of theirhearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being broughtdown into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporallyand spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, ofwhich I have spoken.

1 Nephi 14:8 8 And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken thesewords, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of theFather unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.

1 Nephi 14:9 9 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and beholdthat great and abominable church, which is the mother ofabominations, whose founder is the devil.

1 Nephi 14:10 10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only;the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is thechurch of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the churchof the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is themother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

1 Nephi 14:11 11 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of allthe earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominionover all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, andpeople.

1 Nephi 14:12 12 And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb ofGod, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness andabominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless,I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominionsupon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickednessof the great whore whom I saw.

1 Nephi 14:13 13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother ofabominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of allthe earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fightagainst the Lamb of God.

1 Nephi 14:14 14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of theLamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church ofthe Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who werescattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armedwith righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.

1 Nephi 14:15 15 And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God waspoured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch thatthere were wars and rumors of wars among all the nations andkindreds of the earth.

1 Nephi 14:16 16 And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars among allthe nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, theangel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon themother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things--

1 Nephi 14:17 17 And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured outupon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominablechurch of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, atthat day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing theway for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made tohis people who are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 14:18 18 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying:Look!

1 Nephi 14:19 19 And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a whiterobe.

1 Nephi 14:20 20 And the angel said unto me: Behold one of the twelve apostlesof the Lamb.

1 Nephi 14:21 21 Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things;yea, and also many things which have been.

1 Nephi 14:22 22 And he shall also write concerning the end of the world.

1 Nephi 14:23 23 Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true;and behold they are written in the book which thou beheldproceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time theyproceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the bookproceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which werewritten were plain and pure, and most precious and easy to theunderstanding of all men.

1 Nephi 14:24 24 And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shallwrite are many things which thou hast seen; and behold, theremainder shalt thou see.

1 Nephi 14:25 25 But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt notwrite; for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb ofGod that he should write them.

1 Nephi 14:26 26 And also others who have been, to them hath he shown allthings, and they have written them; and they are sealed up tocome forth in their purity, according to the truth which is inthe Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house ofIsrael.

1 Nephi 14:27 27 And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of theapostle of the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.

1 Nephi 14:28 28 And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should write theremainder of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore thethings which I have written sufficeth me; and I have written buta small part of the things which I saw.

1 Nephi 14:29 29 And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw,and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.

1 Nephi 14:30 30 And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things whichI saw while I was carried away in the spirit; and if all thethings which I saw are not written, the things which I havewritten are true. And thus it is. Amen.

1 Nephi 15Chapter 15

1 Nephi 15:1 1 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried awayin the spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tentof my father.

1 Nephi 15:2 2 And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they weredisputing one with another concerning the things my father hadspoken unto them.

1 Nephi 15:3 3 For he truly spake many great things unto them, which werehard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; andthey being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look untothe Lord as they ought.

1 Nephi 15:4 4 And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of theirhearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, andknew they must unavoidably come to pass because of the greatwickedness of the children of men.

1 Nephi 15:5 5 And it came to pass that I was overcome because of myafflictions, for I considered that mine afflictions were greatabove all, because of the destruction of my people, for I hadbeheld their fall.

1 Nephi 15:6 6 And it came to pass that after I had received strength I spakeunto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of theirdisputations.

1 Nephi 15:7 7 And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words whichour father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of theolive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.

1 Nephi 15:8 8 And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?

1 Nephi 15:9 9 And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh nosuch thing known unto us.

1 Nephi 15:10 10 Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not keep thecommandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, becauseof the hardness of your hearts?

1 Nephi 15:11 11 Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?--Ifye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believingthat ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments,surely these things shall be made known unto you.

1 Nephi 15:12 12 Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was comparedunto an olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in ourfather; and behold are we not broken off from the house ofIsrael, and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

1 Nephi 15:13 13 And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning thegrafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of theGentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall havedwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and manygenerations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body untothe children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of theMessiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto theremnant of our seed--

1 Nephi 15:14 14 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that theyare of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant peopleof the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledgeof their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel oftheir Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him;wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer andthe very points of his doctrine, that they may know how to comeunto him and be saved.

1 Nephi 15:15 15 And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praiseunto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation? Yea,at that day, will they not receive the strength and nourishmentfrom the true vine? Yea, will they not come unto the true fold ofGod?

1 Nephi 15:16 16 Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered againamong the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being anatural branch of the olive-tree, into the true olive-tree.

1 Nephi 15:17 17 And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that itwill not come to pass until after they are scattered by theGentiles; and he meaneth that it shall come by way of theGentiles, that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, forthe very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of thehouse of Israel.

1 Nephi 15:18 18 Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, butalso of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant whichshould be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lordmade to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all thekindreds of the earth be blessed.

1 Nephi 15:19 19 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto themconcerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning therestoration of the Jews in the latter days.

1 Nephi 15:20 20 And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah, who spakeconcerning the restoration of the Jews, or of the house ofIsrael; and after they were restored they should no more beconfounded, neither should they be scattered again. And it cameto pass that I did speak many words unto my brethren, that theywere pacified and did humble themselves before the Lord.

1 Nephi 15:21 21 And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again,saying: What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?What meaneth the tree which he saw?

1 Nephi 15:22 22 And I said unto them: It was a representation of the tree oflife.

1 Nephi 15:23 23 And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which ourfather saw, that led to the tree?

1 Nephi 15:24 24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God, and whosewould hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it,they would never perish; neither could the temptations and thefiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, tolead them away to destruction.

1 Nephi 15:25 25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto theword of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies ofmy soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that theywould give heed to the word of God and remember to keep hiscommandments always in all things.

1 Nephi 15:26 26 And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of water whichour father saw?

1 Nephi 15:27 27 And I said unto them that the water which my father saw wasfilthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other thingsthat he beheld not the filthiness of the water.

1 Nephi 15:28 28 And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, whichseparated the wicked from the tree of life, and also from thesaints of God.

1 Nephi 15:29 29 And I said unto them that it was a representation of thatawful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for thewicked.

1 Nephi 15:30 30 And I said unto them that our father also saw that thejustice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous; andthe brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flamingfire, which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath noend.

1 Nephi 15:31 31 And they said unto me: Doth this thing mean the torment ofthe body in the days of probation, or doth it mean the finalstate of the soul after the death of the temporal body, or dothit speak of the things which are temporal?

1 Nephi 15:32 32 And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was arepresentation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the dayshould come that they must be judged of their works, yea, eventhe works which were done by the temporal body in their days ofprobation.

1 Nephi 15:33 33 Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness they mustbe cast off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which arepertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought tostand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their workshave been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they befilthy it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom ofGod; if so, the kingdom of God must be filthy also.

1 Nephi 15:34 34 But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy,and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God;wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared forthat which is filthy.

1 Nephi 15:35 35 And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell ofwhich I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it;wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in thekingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice ofwhich I have spoken.

1 Nephi 15:36 36 Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, andalso from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious andmost desirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is thegreatest of all the gifts of God. And thus I spake unto mybrethren. Amen.

1 Nephi 16Chapter 16

1 Nephi 16:1 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an endof speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hastdeclared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

1 Nephi 16:2 2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that Ihad spoken hard things against the wicked, according to thetruth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified thatthey should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guiltytaketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the verycenter.

1 Nephi 16:3 3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing tohearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walkuprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of thetruth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

1 Nephi 16:4 4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren,with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

1 Nephi 16:5 5 And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before theLord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that theywould walk in the paths of righteousness.

1 Nephi 16:6 6 Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt ina tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

1 Nephi 16:7 7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughtersof Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughtersof Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter ofIshmael to wife.

1 Nephi 16:8 8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of theLord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had beenblessed of the Lord exceedingly.

1 Nephi 16:9 9 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto myfather by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he shouldtake his journey into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:10 10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning,and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment hebeheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; andit was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; andthe one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:11 11 And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoeverthings we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainderof our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we didtake seed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:12 12 And it came to pass that we did take our tents and departinto the wilderness, across the river Laman.

1 Nephi 16:13 13 And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of fourdays, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch ourtents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer.

1 Nephi 16:14 14 And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows,and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families;and after we had slain food for our families we did return againto our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. Andwe did go forth again in the wilderness, following the samedirection, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness,which were in the borders near the Red Sea.

1 Nephi 16:15 15 And it came to pass that we did travel for the space of manydays, slaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows andour stones and our slings.

1 Nephi 16:16 16 And we did follow the directions of the ball, which led us inthe more fertile parts of the wilderness.

1 Nephi 16:17 17 And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we didpitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again restourselves and obtain food for our families.

1 Nephi 16:18 18 And it came to pass that as I, Nephi, went forth to slayfood, behold, I did break my bow, which was made of fine steel;and after I did break my bow, behold, my brethren were angry withme because of the loss of my bow, for we did obtain no food.

1 Nephi 16:19 19 And it came to pass that we did return without food to ourfamilies, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying,they did suffer much for the want of food.

1 Nephi 16:20 20 And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel and the sons ofIshmael did begin to murmur exceedingly, because of theirsufferings and afflictions in the wilderness; and also my fatherbegan to murmur against the Lord his God; yea, and they were allexceedingly sorrowful, even that they did murmur against theLord.

1 Nephi 16:21 21 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been afflicted withmy brethren because of the loss of my bow, and their bows havinglost their springs, it began to be exceedingly difficult, yea,insomuch that we could obtain no food.

1 Nephi 16:22 22 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much unto mybrethren, because they had hardened their hearts again, even untocomplaining against the Lord their God.

1 Nephi 16:23 23 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make out of wood abow, and out of a straight stick, an arrow; wherefore, I did armmyself with a bow and an arrow, with a sling and with stones. And I said unto my father: Whither shall I go to obtain food?

1 Nephi 16:24 24 And it came to pass that he did inquire of the Lord, for theyhad humbled themselves because of my words; for I did say manythings unto them in the energy of my soul.

1 Nephi 16:25 25 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto myfather; and he was truly chastened because of his murmuringagainst the Lord, insomuch that he was brought down into thedepths of sorrow.

1 Nephi 16:26 26 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him:Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

1 Nephi 16:27 27 And it came to pass that when my father beheld the thingswhich were written upon the ball, he did fear and trembleexceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and ourwives.

1 Nephi 16:28 28 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers whichwere in the ball, that they did work according to the faith anddiligence and heed which we did give unto them.

1 Nephi 16:29 29 And there was also written upon them a new writing, which wasplain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning theways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time totime, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it.

And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring aboutgreat things.

1 Nephi 16:30 30 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into thetop of the mountain, according to the directions which were givenupon the ball.

1 Nephi 16:31 31 And it came to pass that I did slay wild beasts, insomuchthat I did obtain food for our families.

1 Nephi 16:32 32 And it came to pass that I did return to our tents, bearingthe beasts which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I hadobtained food, how great was their joy! And it came to pass thatthey did humble themselves before the Lord, and did give thanksunto him.

1 Nephi 16:33 33 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey,traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning; and afterwe had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tentsagain, that we might tarry for the space of a time.

1 Nephi 16:34 34 And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried in theplace which was called Nahom.

1 Nephi 16:35 35 And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did mournexceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because oftheir afflictions in the wilderness; and they did murmur againstmy father, because he had brought them out of the land ofJerusalem, saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wanderedmuch in the wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction,hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all these sufferings wemust perish in the wilderness with hunger.

1 Nephi 16:36 36 And thus they did murmur against my father, and also againstme; and they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 16:37 37 And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael:Behold, let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi, whohas taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who arehis elder brethren.

1 Nephi 16:38 38 Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and also thatangels have ministered unto him. But behold, we know that helies unto us; and he tells us these things, and he worketh manythings by his cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes,thinking, perhaps, that he may lead us away into some strangewilderness; and after he has led us away, he has thought to makehimself a king and a ruler over us, that he may do with usaccording to his will and pleasure. And after this manner did mybrother Laman stir up their hearts to anger.

1 Nephi 16:39 39 And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea, even thevoice of the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, anddid chasten them exceedingly; and after they were chastened bythe voice of the Lord they did turn away their anger, and didrepent of their sins, insomuch that the Lord did bless us againwith food, that we did not perish.

1 Nephi 17Chapter 17

1 Nephi 17:1 1 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in thewilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that timeforth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in thewilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:2 2 And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, thatwhile we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women didgive plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea,even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyingswithout murmurings.

1 Nephi 17:3 3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must befulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep thecommandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them,and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which hehas commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us whilewe did sojourn in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:4 4 And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, eveneight years in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 17:5 5 And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, becauseof its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things wereprepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld thesea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is manywaters.

1 Nephi 17:6 6 And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by theseashore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictionsand much difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write themall, we were exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore;and we called the place Bountiful, because of its much fruit.

1 Nephi 17:7 7 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the landof Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lordcame unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. Andit came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, andcried unto the Lord.

1 Nephi 17:8 8 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thoushalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee,that I may carry thy people across these waters.

1 Nephi 17:9 9 And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore tomolten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after themanner which thou hast shown unto me?

1 Nephi 17:10 10 And it came to pass that the Lord told me whither I should goto find ore, that I might make tools.

1 Nephi 17:11 11 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellowswherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after Ihad made a bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire,I did smite two stones together that I might make fire.

1 Nephi 17:12 12 For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should makemuch fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I willmake thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

1 Nephi 17:13 13 And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I willprepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep mycommandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep mycommandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and yeshall know that it is by me that ye are led.

1 Nephi 17:14 14 Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived inthe promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; andthat I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that Idid bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 17:16 16 And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore which Idid molten out of the rock.

1 Nephi 17:17 17 And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship,they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool,for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he alsothinketh that he can cross these great waters.

1 Nephi 17:18 18 And thus my brethren did complain against me, and weredesirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe thatI could build a ship; neither would they believe that I wasinstructed of the Lord.

1 Nephi 17:19 19 And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceedinglysorrowful because of the hardness of their hearts; and now whenthey saw that I began to be sorrowful they were glad in theirhearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying: We knewthat ye could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye werelacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish sogreat a work.

1 Nephi 17:20 20 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolishimaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land ofJerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these manyyears; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and theyhave borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things,save it were death; and it would have been better that they haddied before they came out of Jerusalem than to have sufferedthese afflictions.

1 Nephi 17:21 21 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness,which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land ofour inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

1 Nephi 17:22 22 And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalemwere a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgmentsof the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law ofMoses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; andour father hath judged them, and hath led us away because wewould hearken unto his words; yea, and our brother is like untohim. And after this manner of language did my brethren murmurand complain against us.

1 Nephi 17:23 23 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying:Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel,would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians ifthey had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Nephi 17:24 24 Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out ofbondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should leadthem out of bondage?

1 Nephi 17:25 25 Now ye know that the children of Israel were in bondage; andye know that they were laden with tasks, which were grievous tobe borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good thingfor them, that they should be brought out of bondage.

1 Nephi 17:26 26 Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to do thatgreat work; and ye know that by his word the waters of the RedSea were divided hither and thither, and they passed through ondry ground.

1 Nephi 17:27 27 But ye know that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea,who were the armies of Pharaoh.

1 Nephi 17:28 28 And ye also know that they were fed with manna in thewilderness.

1 Nephi 17:29 29 Yea, and ye also know that Moses, by his word according tothe power of God which was in him, smote the rock, and there cameforth water, that the children of Israel might quench theirthirst.

1 Nephi 17:30 30 And notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their God, theirRedeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving lightunto them by night, and doing all things for them which wereexpedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts andblinded their minds, and reviled against Moses and against thetrue and living God.

1 Nephi 17:31 31 And it came to pass that according to his word he did destroythem; and according to his word he did lead them; and accordingto his word he did do all things for them; and there was not anything done save it were by his word.

1 Nephi 17:32 32 And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make themmighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea,unto the scattering them to destruction.

1 Nephi 17:33 33 And now, do ye suppose that the children of this land, whowere in the land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers,do ye suppose that they were righteous? Behold, I say unto you,Nay.

1 Nephi 17:34 34 Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choicethan they if they had been righteous? I say unto you, Nay.

1 Nephi 17:35 35 Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that isrighteous is favored of God. But behold, this people hadrejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; andthe fulness of the wrath of God was upon them; and the Lord didcurse the land against them, and bless it unto our fathers; yea,he did curse it against them unto their destruction, and he didbless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it.

1 Nephi 17:36 36 Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should beinhabited; and he hath created his children that they shouldpossess it.

1 Nephi 17:37 37 And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth thenations of the wicked.

1 Nephi 17:38 38 And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, andthe wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them fortheir sakes.

1 Nephi 17:39 39 He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne, and thisearth is his footstool.

1 Nephi 17:40 40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea,even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenantswhich he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the landof Egypt.

1 Nephi 17:41 41 And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; forthey hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lordstraitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flyingserpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a waythat they might be healed; and the labor which they had toperform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, orthe easiness of it, there were many who perished.

1 Nephi 17:42 42 And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and theydid revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, yeknow that they were led forth by his matchless power into theland of promise.

1 Nephi 17:43 43 And now, after all these things, the time has come that theyhave become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not butthey are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that theday must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a fewonly, who shall be led away into captivity.

1 Nephi 17:44 44 Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should departinto the wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away hislife; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life;wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like untothem.

1 Nephi 17:45 45 Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lordyour God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, yehave heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken untoyou in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that yecould not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you likeunto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake asif it were to divide asunder.

1 Nephi 17:46 46 And ye also know that by the power of his almighty word hecan cause the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye knowthat by his word he can cause the rough places to be made smooth,and smooth places shall be broken up. O, then, why is it, thatye can be so hard in your hearts?

1 Nephi 17:47 47 Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you, and myheart is pained; I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever. Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God, insomuch that my framehas no strength.

1 Nephi 17:48 48 And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words,they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into thedepths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands uponme I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, Icommand you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the powerof God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall layhis hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shallbe as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.

1 Nephi 17:49 49 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto them that theyshould murmur no more against their father; neither should theywithhold their labor from me, for God had commanded me that Ishould build a ship.

1 Nephi 17:50 50 And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do allthings I could do them. If he should command me that I shouldsay unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if Ishould say it, it would be done.

1 Nephi 17:51 51 And now, if the Lord has such great power, and has wrought somany miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannotinstruct me, that I should build a ship?

1 Nephi 17:52 52 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said many things unto mybrethren, insomuch that they were confounded and could notcontend against me; neither durst they lay their hands upon menor touch me with their fingers, even for the space of many days.

Now they durst not do this lest they should wither before me, sopowerful was the Spirit of God; and thus it had wrought uponthem.

1 Nephi 17:53 53 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: Stretch forththine hand again unto thy brethren, and they shall not witherbefore thee, but I will shock them, saith the Lord, and this willI do, that they may know that I am the Lord their God.

1 Nephi 17:54 54 And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand unto mybrethren, and they did not wither before me; but the Lord didshake them, even according to the word which he had spoken.

1 Nephi 17:55 55 And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord is withthee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that hasshaken us. And they fell down before me, and were about toworship me, but I would not suffer them, saying: I am thybrother, yea, even thy younger brother; wherefore, worship theLord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother, that thy daysmay be long in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

1 Nephi 18Chapter 18

1 Nephi 18:1 1 And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did goforth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner Ishould work the timbers of the ship.

1 Nephi 18:2 2 Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner whichwas learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the mannerof men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord hadshown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.

1 Nephi 18:3 3 And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oftunto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.

1 Nephi 18:4 4 And it came to pass that after I had finished the ship,according to the word of the Lord, my brethren beheld that it wasgood, and that the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine;wherefore, they did humble themselves again before the Lord.

1 Nephi 18:5 5 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto myfather, that we should arise and go down into the ship.

1 Nephi 18:6 6 And it came to pass that on the morrow, after we had preparedall things, much fruits and meat from the wilderness, and honeyin abundance, and provisions according to that which the Lord hadcommanded us, we did go down into the ship, with all our loadingand our seeds, and whatsoever thing we had brought with us, everyone according to his age; wherefore, we did all go down into theship, with our wives and our children.

1 Nephi 18:7 7 And now, my father had begat two sons in the wilderness; theelder was called Jacob and the younger Joseph.

1 Nephi 18:8 8 And it came to pass after we had all gone down into the ship,and had taken with us our provisions and things which had beencommanded us, we did put forth into the sea and were driven forthbefore the wind towards the promised land.

1 Nephi 18:9 9 And after we had been driven forth before the wind for thespace of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmaeland also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuchthat they began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with muchrudeness, yea, even that they did forget by what power they hadbeen brought thither; yea, they were lifted up unto exceedingrudeness.

1 Nephi 18:10 10 And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord shouldbe angry with us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that weshould be swallowed up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I,Nephi, began to speak to them with much soberness; but beholdthey were angry with me, saying: We will not that our youngerbrother shall be a ruler over us.

1 Nephi 18:11 11 And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me andbind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness;nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth hispower, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spokenconcerning the wicked.

1 Nephi 18:12 12 And it came to pass that after they had bound me insomuchthat I could not move, the compass, which had been prepared ofthe Lord, did cease to work.

1 Nephi 18:13 13 Wherefore, they knew not whither they should steer the ship,insomuch that there arose a great storm, yea, a great andterrible tempest, and we were driven back upon the waters for thespace of three days; and they began to be frightened exceedinglylest they should be drowned in the sea; nevertheless they did notloose me.

1 Nephi 18:14 14 And on the fourth day, which we had been driven back, thetempest began to be exceedingly sore.

1 Nephi 18:15 15 And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up inthe depths of the sea. And after we had been driven back uponthe waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to seethat the judgments of God were upon them, and that they mustperish save that they should repent of their iniquities;wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands which wereupon my wrist, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and alsomine ankles were much swollen, and great was the sorenessthereof.

1 Nephi 18:16 16 Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did praise himall the day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord becauseof mine afflictions.

1 Nephi 18:17 17 Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and alsounto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out muchthreatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and myparents being stricken in years, and having suffered much griefbecause of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upontheir sick-beds.

1 Nephi 18:18 18 Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity ofmy brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out ofthis time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about tobe brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were nearto be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

1 Nephi 18:19 19 And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of muchnourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of theirmother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also mychildren, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that theywould loose me.

1 Nephi 18:20 20 And there was nothing save it were the power of God, whichthreatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts;wherefore, when they saw that they were about to be swallowed upin the depths of the sea they repented of the thing which theyhad done, insomuch that they loosed me.

1 Nephi 18:21 21 And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I tookthe compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it cameto pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed thewinds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a greatcalm.

1 Nephi 18:22 22 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did guide the ship, thatwe sailed again towards the promised land.

1 Nephi 18:23 23 And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space ofmany days we did arrive at the promised land; and we went forthupon the land, and did pitch our tents; and we did call it thepromised land.

1 Nephi 18:24 24 And it came to pass that we did begin to till the earth, andwe began to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into theearth, which we had brought from the land of Jerusalem. And itcame to pass that they did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we wereblessed in abundance.

1 Nephi 18:25 25 And it came to pass that we did find upon the land ofpromise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there werebeasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, andthe ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and allmanner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And wedid find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and ofcopper.

1 Nephi 19Chapter 19

1 Nephi 19:1 1 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore Idid make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the recordof my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraventhe record of my father, and also our journeyings in thewilderness, and the prophecies of my father; and also many ofmine own prophecies have I engraven upon them.

1 Nephi 19:2 2 And I knew not at the time when I made them that I should becommanded of the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the recordof my father, and the genealogy of his fathers, and the more partof all our proceedings in the wilderness are engraven upon thosefirst plates of which I have spoken; wherefore, the things whichtranspired before I made these plates are, of a truth, moreparticularly made mention upon the first plates.

1 Nephi 19:3 3 And after I had made these plates by way of commandment, I,Nephi, received a commandment that the ministry and theprophecies, the more plain and precious parts of them, should bewritten upon these plates; and that the things which were writtenshould be kept for the instruction of my people, who shouldpossess the land, and also for other wise purposes, whichpurposes are known unto the Lord.

1 Nephi 19:4 4 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did make a record upon the other plates,which gives an account, or which gives a greater account of thewars and contentions and destructions of my people. And thishave I done, and commanded my people what they should do after Iwas gone; and that these plates should be handed down from onegeneration to another, or from one prophet to another, untilfurther commandments of the Lord.

1 Nephi 19:5 5 And an account of my making these plates shall be givenhereafter; and then, behold, I proceed according to that which Ihave spoken; and this I do that the more sacred things may bekept for the knowledge of my people.

1 Nephi 19:6 6 Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save it bethat I think it be sacred. And now, if I do err, even did theyerr of old; not that I would excuse myself because of other men,but because of the weakness which is in me, according to theflesh, I would excuse myself.

1 Nephi 19:7 7 For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth,both to the body and soul, others set at naught and trample undertheir feet. Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trampleunder their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I wouldspeak in other words--they set him at naught, and hearken not tothe voice of his counsels.

1 Nephi 19:8 8 And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, insix hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 19:9 9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him tobe a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and hesuffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, theyspit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his lovingkindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.

1 Nephi 19:10 10 And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out ofbondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea,the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldethhimself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into thehands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words ofZenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, andto be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos,which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, whichshould be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabitthe isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are ofthe house of Israel.

1 Nephi 19:11 11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visitall the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, becauseof their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, andothers with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, bytempest, by fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by theopening of the earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.

1 Nephi 19:12 12 And all these things must surely come, saith the prophetZenos. And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of thegroanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the seashall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The Godof nature suffers.

1 Nephi 19:13 13 And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet,they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify theGod of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs andwonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel.

1 Nephi 19:14 14 And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet,and have despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander inthe flesh, and perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and behated among all nations.

1 Nephi 19:15 15 Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the prophet, thatthey no more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One ofIsrael, then will he remember the covenants which he made totheir fathers.

1 Nephi 19:16 16 Yea, then will he remember the isles of the sea; yea, and allthe people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in,saith the Lord, according to the words of the prophet Zenos, fromthe four quarters of the earth.

1 Nephi 19:17 17 Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord,saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shallbe blessed.

1 Nephi 19:18 18 And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, thatperhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lordtheir Redeemer.

1 Nephi 19:19 19 Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if it so bethat they should obtain these things.

1 Nephi 19:20 20 For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth wearyme even that all my joints are weak, for those who are atJerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto meconcerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should haveperished also.

1 Nephi 19:21 21 And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all thingsconcerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us;wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for theyare written upon the plates of brass.

1 Nephi 19:22 22 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethrenthese things; and it came to pass that I did read many things tothem, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that theymight know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands,among people of old.

1 Nephi 19:23 23 And I did read many things unto them which were written inthe books of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them tobelieve in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them thatwhich was written by the prophet Isaiah; for I did liken allscriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning.

1 Nephi 19:24 24 Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the words of theprophet, ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a branchwho have been broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet, whichwere written unto all the house of Israel, and liken them untoyourselves, that ye may have hope as well as your brethren fromwhom ye have been broken off; for after this manner has theprophet written.

1 Nephi 20Chapter 20

1 Nephi 20:1 1 Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by thename of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, orout of the waters of baptism, who swear by the name of the Lord,and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear not intruth nor in righteousness.

1 Nephi 20:2 2 Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city, but theydo not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord ofHosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.

1 Nephi 20:3 3 Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning;and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I didshow them suddenly.

1 Nephi 20:4 4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thyneck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

1 Nephi 20:5 5 And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before itcame to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lestthou shouldst say--mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,and my molten image hath commanded them.

1 Nephi 20:6 6 Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declarethem? And that I have showed thee new things from this time,even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

1 Nephi 20:7 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even beforethe day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee,lest thou shouldst say--Behold I knew them.

1 Nephi 20:8 8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, fromthat time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldstdeal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from thewomb.

1 Nephi 20:9 9 Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger, andfor my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.

1 Nephi 20:10 10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in thefurnace of affliction.

1 Nephi 20:11 11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, forI will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give myglory unto another.

1 Nephi 20:12 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he;I am the first, and I am also the last.

1 Nephi 20:13 13 Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and myright hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and theystand up together.

1 Nephi 20:14 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hathdeclared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea,and he will fulfill his word which he hath declared by them; andhe will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come uponthe Chaldeans.

1 Nephi 20:15 15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, Ihave called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall makehis way prosperous.

1 Nephi 20:16 16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from thebeginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; andthe Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

1 Nephi 20:17 17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One ofIsrael; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee toprofit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath doneit.

1 Nephi 20:18 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments--then had thypeace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of thesea.

1 Nephi 20:19 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thybowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cutoff nor destroyed from before me.

1 Nephi 20:21 21 And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; hecaused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave therock also and the waters gushed out.

1 Nephi 20:22 22 And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also,there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

1 Nephi 21Chapter 21

1 Nephi 21:1 1 And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that arebroken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of thepastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that arescattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel. Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; theLord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my motherhath he made mention of my name.

1 Nephi 21:2 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow ofhis hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in hisquiver hath he hid me;

1 Nephi 21:4 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strengthfor naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, andmy work with my God.

1 Nephi 21:5 5 And now, saith the Lord--that formed me from the womb that Ishould be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him--though Israelbe not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,and my God shall be my strength.

1 Nephi 21:6 6 And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be myservant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore thepreserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to theGentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of theearth.

1 Nephi 21:7 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, tohim whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, toservant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shallworship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

1 Nephi 21:8 8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee,O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee;and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenantof the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit thedesolate heritages;

1 Nephi 21:9 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them thatsit in darkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways,and their pastures shall be in all high places.

1 Nephi 21:10 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat northe sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall leadthem, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

1 Nephi 21:11 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shallbe exalted.

1 Nephi 21:12 12 And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come fromfar; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and thesefrom the land of Sinim.

1 Nephi 21:13 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet ofthose who are in the east shall be established; and break forthinto singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; forthe Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon hisafflicted.

1 Nephi 21:18 18 Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gatherthemselves together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live,saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, aswith an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

1 Nephi 21:19 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thydestruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of theinhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

1 Nephi 21:20 20 The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost thefirst, shall again in thine ears say: The place is too strait forme; give place to me that I may dwell.

1 Nephi 21:21 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten methese, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, acaptive, and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up these?

Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

1 Nephi 21:22 22 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand tothe Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and theyshall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall becarried upon their shoulders.

1 Nephi 21:23 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thynursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their facetowards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thoushalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed thatwait for me.

1 Nephi 21:24 24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawfulcaptives delivered?

1 Nephi 21:25 25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mightyshall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall bedelivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee,and I will save thy children.

1 Nephi 21:26 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh;they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine;and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thyRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

1 Nephi 22Chapter 22

1 Nephi 22:1 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read thesethings which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethrencame unto me and said unto me: What meaneth these things which yehave read? Behold, are they to be understood according to thingswhich are spiritual, which shall come to pass according to thespirit and not the flesh?

1 Nephi 22:2 2 And I, Nephi, said unto them: Behold they were manifest untothe prophet by the voice of the Spirit; for by the Spirit are allthings made known unto the prophets, which shall come upon thechildren of men according to the flesh.

1 Nephi 22:3 3 Wherefore, the things of which I have read are thingspertaining to things both temporal and spiritual; for it appearsthat the house of Israel, sooner or later, will be scattered uponall the face of the earth, and also among all nations.

1 Nephi 22:4 4 And behold, there are many who are already lost from theknowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part ofall the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to andfro upon the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of usknoweth, save that we know that they have been led away.

1 Nephi 22:5 5 And since they have been led away, these things have beenprophesied concerning them, and also concerning all those whoshall hereafter be scattered and be confounded, because of theHoly One of Israel; for against him will they harden theirhearts; wherefore, they shall be scattered among all nations andshall be hated of all men.

1 Nephi 22:6 6 Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, andthe Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them upfor a standard, and their children have been carried in theirarms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders,behold these things of which are spoken are temporal; for thusare the covenants of the Lord with our fathers; and it meaneth usin the days to come, and also all our brethren who are of thehouse of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:7 7 And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the houseof Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord Godwill raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even uponthe face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

1 Nephi 22:8 8 And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will proceed todo a marvelous work among the Gentiles, which shall be of greatworth unto our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto their beingnourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms andupon their shoulders.

1 Nephi 22:9 9 And it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles; and not onlyunto the Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel, unto themaking known of the covenants of the Father of heaven untoAbraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earthbe blessed.

1 Nephi 22:10 10 And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that all thekindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make barehis arm in the eyes of the nations.

1 Nephi 22:11 11 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm inthe eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants andhis gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:12 12 Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity, andthey shall be gathered together to the lands of theirinheritance; and they shall be brought out of obscurity and outof darkness; and they shall know that the Lord is their Saviorand their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:13 13 And the blood of that great and abominable church, which isthe whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; forthey shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own handsshall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken withtheir own blood.

1 Nephi 22:14 14 And every nation which shall war against thee, O house ofIsrael, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fallinto the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.

And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and thatgreat whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea,that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust andgreat shall be the fall of it.

1 Nephi 22:15 15 For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily thatSatan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children ofmen; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who dowickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they mustbe burned.

1 Nephi 22:16 16 For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of Godshall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he will notsuffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.

1 Nephi 22:17 17 Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, evenif it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and therighteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of theirenemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; forthus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be asby fire.

1 Nephi 22:18 18 Behold, my brethren, I say unto you, that these things mustshortly come; yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke mustcome; and it must needs be upon the face of this earth; and itcometh unto men according to the flesh if it so be that they willharden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel.

1 Nephi 22:19 19 For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the timesurely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall becut off.

1 Nephi 22:20 20 And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, untothe fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: Aprophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me;him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear thatprophet shall be cut off from among the people.

1 Nephi 22:21 21 And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whomMoses spake was the Holy One of Israel; wherefore, he shallexecute judgment in righteousness.

1 Nephi 22:22 22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shallnot be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, whichshall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom isestablished among them which are in the flesh--

1 Nephi 22:23 23 For the time speedily shall come that all churches which arebuilt up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get powerover the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular inthe eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the fleshand the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity;yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devilare they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are thosewho must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must beconsumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of theprophet.

1 Nephi 22:24 24 And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be ledup as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reignin dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.

1 Nephi 22:25 25 And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of theearth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and thereshall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep,and in him they shall find pasture.

1 Nephi 22:26 26 And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has nopower; wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of manyyears; for he hath no power over the hearts of the people, forthey dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.

1 Nephi 22:27 27 And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you that all these thingsmust come according to the flesh.

1 Nephi 22:28 28 But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people shalldwell safely in the Holy One of Israel if it so be that they willrepent.

1 Nephi 22:29 29 And now I, Nephi, make an end; for I durst not speak furtheras yet concerning these things.

1 Nephi 22:30 30 Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider thatthe things which have been written upon the plates of brass aretrue; and they testify that a man must be obedient to thecommandments of God.

1 Nephi 22:31 31 Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are theonly ones that have testified, and also taught them. Wherefore,if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, and endure to theend, ye shall be saved at the last day. And thus it is. Amen.

2 NephiTHE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHIAn account of the death of Lehi. Nephi's brethren rebel againsthim. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. Hisjourneyings in the wilderness, and so forth.

2 Nephi 1Chapter 1

2 Nephi 1:1 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an endof teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many thingsunto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord haddone for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:2 2 And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon thewaters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that theywere not swallowed up in the sea.

2 Nephi 1:3 3 And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise,which they had obtained--how merciful the Lord had been inwarning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

2 Nephi 1:4 4 For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I knowthat Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem weshould also have perished.

2 Nephi 1:5 5 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we haveobtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above allother lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with meshould be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lordhath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever,and also all those who should be led out of other countries bythe hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:6 6 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of theSpirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this landsave they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

2 Nephi 1:7 7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shallbring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according tothe commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land ofliberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought downinto captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for ifiniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes,but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.

2 Nephi 1:8 8 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yetfrom the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nationswould overrun the land, that there would be no place for aninheritance.

2 Nephi 1:9 9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch asthose whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalemshall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face ofthis land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, thatthey may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be thatthey shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon theface of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor totake away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwellsafely forever.

2 Nephi 1:10 10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle inunbelief, after they have received so great blessings from thehand of the Lord--having a knowledge of the creation of theearth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of theLord from the creation of the world; having power given them todo all things by faith; having all the commandments from thebeginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness intothis precious land of promise--behold, I say, if the day shallcome that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the trueMessiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments ofhim that is just shall rest upon them.

2 Nephi 1:11 11 Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will giveunto them power, and he will take away from them the lands oftheir possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered andsmitten.

2 Nephi 1:12 12 Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall bebloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons,I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye wouldhearken unto my words.

2 Nephi 1:13 13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, evenfrom the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by whichye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children ofmen, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulfof misery and woe.

2 Nephi 1:14 14 Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of atrembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the coldand silent grave, from whence no traveler can return; a few moredays and I go the way of all the earth.

2 Nephi 1:15 15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I havebeheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the armsof his love.

2 Nephi 1:16 16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutesand the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxietyof my soul from the beginning.

2 Nephi 1:17 17 My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time totime, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts theLord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath uponyou, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

2 Nephi 1:18 18 Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space of manygenerations; and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and arehated, and are led according to the will and captivity of thedevil.

2 Nephi 1:19 19 O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, butthat ye might be a choice and a favored people of the Lord. Butbehold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.

2 Nephi 1:20 20 And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep mycommandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as yewill not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from mypresence.

2 Nephi 1:21 21 And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heartmight leave this world with gladness because of you, that I mightnot be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arisefrom the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mindand in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come downinto captivity;

2 Nephi 1:22 22 That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, thatye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto thedestruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and body.

2 Nephi 1:23 23 Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness. Shake offthe chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out ofobscurity, and arise from the dust.

2 Nephi 1:24 24 Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have beenglorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time thatwe left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the handsof God, in bringing us forth into the land of promise; for wereit not for him, we must have perished with hunger in thewilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea,and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.

2 Nephi 1:25 25 And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you, lest heshall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that hesought power and authority over you; but I know that he hath notsought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought theglory of God, and your own eternal welfare.

2 Nephi 1:26 26 And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Yesay that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angrywith you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of thepower of the word of God, which was in him; and that which yecall anger was the truth, according to that which is in God,which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning youriniquities.

2 Nephi 1:27 27 And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him,even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, itwas not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him,which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

2 Nephi 1:28 28 And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also mysons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken untothe voice of Nephi ye shall not perish. And if ye will hearkenunto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my firstblessing.

2 Nephi 1:29 29 But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my firstblessing, yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

2 Nephi 1:30 30 And now Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servantof Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of